I learned about Dr. Kelly Mcgonigal quite by accident. I like to listen to something in my car, an audiobook or a Great Course. I've had several on the shelf for a year or more and have been slowly going through them. I still have quite a few, plus several in my iPod. It is fun and stimulating. By the way (texters write 'BTW'), just as many libraries are loaning books electronically onto computers and e-readers, they are also loaning audiobooks onto the same tools.
Anyhow, it is when I finish a book or a course, that I have to start working: searching, browsing, exploring and re-examining what we already have. It is not only a matter of what I have a taste for but also of what subjects are on my mind. You know, which-way-is-the-universe-guiding-me sort of thing. I don't want to threaten my well-being by searching my iPod while driving and when I get to my destination, I don't think of remaining in the car to search through what I have on it. So, one thing and another, I am in limbo for a while, searching and deciding.
Lynn emphasizes the value of Wisconsin Public Radio and listens often. It is just one of the amazing resources available to people these days. We often catch Dr. Zorba Paster, a physician and Dr. Patricia McConnell, a veterinarian and dog specialist, even when far away if we can pick up the signal. Just as Lynn says, the many planners and hosts, as well as the regulars, are expert at finding excellent topics and people who know about them. When I do listen to books and courses while driving, I often wonder what I am missing on the radio. I restrain myself from switching to check, but as men with tv remotes demonstrate, it isn't easy.
I had not heard of The Peoples Pharmacy show but that was playing when I tuned in. Dr. Kelly Mcgonical was the guest talking about how to increase willpower. Like quite a few others, I was just deciding on trying, for the nth time, to lose some weight. She gave some good hints and mentioned a class she teaches for her local community on willpower and what science has to say about it. She and others I have read recently say that evidence exists that our willpower can get fatigued, so that after resisting several temptations, we are more likely to give in to something.
One tip was to give myself mental points each time I resisted something I am trying to avoid. Show myself that I am putting 'money in my account', so to speak. That has definitely been helpful.
She mentioned the same two pillars of health and happy living I have found repeatedly in many different fields and with many different thinkers: exercise and meditation. Anybody who pays attention to those two areas gets some of my attention right off. Eventually, I will get my fill of them but not yet.
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Bill
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